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Patented May 3, 1898.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

DAVID E. LEISHMAN,

or" WHITEWATER, -WISOONSIN, ADOLPHUS STRASSMAN, F SAME PLACE, LEDYARD ASSIGNOR' TO v. LEWIS, or

SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, AND STEPHEN S. ALLEN, OF ROCKTON,

ILLINOIS.-

COYRNI-HARYVESTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 603,608, dated May 3, 1 898. I Application filed January 26, l896 Serial No. 576,874. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it'known that 1, DAVID F. LEISHMAN, a citizen of the United States,residin g at White. Water, in the county of \Valworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn Harvesters;

' and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the inclined platform, to

art to which it appertains to make and use,

the same. 7 I

This invention relates to corn-harvesters first gathstalks as may be straggling or inclined, to carry the severed stalks rearward along an pack them, to compress them into bundles, to apply one or more bands while the stalks are still erect, and to deliver in cutting the next the bundles thus bound at oneside of the row just cut, where'they are out of the path taken row.

The general object of the machine is to produce acomparatively simple compact machine that shall be the same success in the corn-field that other machines-arein cutting small grains and grass. With this general object in view various novel devices and expedients are employed. The working parts are principally borne by a frame supported at an adjustable height upon two wheels, one of which serves to actuate the various mechanisms.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicha Figure 1 is a plan of the machine with the gathering, conveying, packing, and binding devices omitted.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the right:- side of the machine.- Fig. 3isalike view of the left side.- Figs. 4 and 4 are de- Fig. 5 illustrates the connection between the main wheelaxle and the frame. Fig. 6 shows the gathering devices, looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 shows the rear driving-chain. Fig.8 shows in plan the lower conveying-chains and the binding-platform. Fig. 9 is a rear view showing the manner of supporting the free rear end of the binding- .5o platform and the means for extending the transverse members of projections. the several overlapping Fig. 16, to detachably unite the two frames into one whole.

shafts of the binding devices. Figs. 10 and 11 are side elevations of vertical walls alongside the from t-to-rea'r passage; for the severed stalks. Fig. 12 isaplan View of arms forextending the compressor and packer shafts.

Fig. 13 is a section parallel to the tongue, showing a hinged platform and certain adja: cent parts. Fig. 14 is a front View of the frame member supporting the forward end of the hinged platform. Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the front end of one of the gathering devices. Fig. 16 illustrates the connection between the main and supplementary frames. Fig. 17 is a bottom view showing .th'e'attachment of the knives. Fig. 18 shows in detail the means for adjusting the position of certain sprocket-wheels.

In the drawings, A represents a rigid horizontal frame, and A rigidly, but detachably, secured to the frame Aand lying for the most part in the same plane. For conveniently connecting the frames the transverse member's of the main frame, or angle irons rigidly fixed thereto, are allowed to project a considerable distance toward the grain side of the machine, and the the supplemental frame are so placed as to lie alongside such parts, as shown in From the frame A rise perpendicularmembersA for supporting devices to be described, and from the front of the same frame a rigid forked plate A passes first downward from the frame and. their for ward to support certain cutting devices. To.

the. forks of this plate are rigidly fixed for weirdly-projecting members A which support and form part of certain gathering devices. The compound frame A A is sup-- ported by a drivewheelB' near the free side of the frame A and a smaller wheel 0 at the opposite side of the frame A; The drivewheel rotates on its shaft B, and the latter itself rotates, but only in adjusting the vera supplementary frame Bolts are then passed through tical height of the frame. In such adjustment the shaft ends rise and fall relatively in. curved slots 13 in vertical plates B fixed 'at1their lower ends to the frame A and at their upper ends to trusses A rigidly fixed .to the frame and suitably bracedlaterally.

The plates are provided with rack-teeth B which are engaged by pinions B fixed to the shaft. to rotate by a cable B", passing around and attached to a pulley B and since theshaft cannot descend the rotation of the gear in the proper direction raises the rack and of course the frame to whichit is attached. From the pulley the cable passes over a drum 13* upon a shaft B ,'which is rotated, step by step, at

will by means of ahand lever B and the ordinary pawl-and-ratchet mechanism.- The I this latter shaft raises plate and bear'just lnents ofthe other rotary knife,

, the other rotates,

other supporting-wheel G rotates upon a gudgeon borne by one arm of a bell-crank lever C", centrally pivoted to an attachment of the frame A, and to the other arm of the lever is attached a cable 0 which passes around s'C C, and thence around a'drum pulley upon the shaft B above mentioned. The

parts are so proportioned that the rotation of the two sides of the frame equally.

The plate A supports two vertical shafts DD, which project downward throughthe above the plate-gears D? D, which mesh with gears D D upon horizontal shafts D D running back to the rear of the frame A. bears just below theplat'e A a knife I)", having several nearly plane spiral cutting-segments. Over the corresponding part of the other-shaft is slipped a like knifefree from the shaft but seemed 'to the plate by a bolt D, Fig. 17," insuch position-that oneof its cntting seguients coacts with the like "segand when one segment ofthe fixed knife becomes dull it is readjusted to bring a fresh segment into posit-ion, the bolt D being withdrawn and reinserted after theknife h'as' been turned to bring another hole D in the knife to register with the bolt-hole in the plate; As the knives are-similar, either may be fixed while or both may rotate. The horizontal shafts are driven in opposite directions by a chain belt I), passing over sprocket-wheels D D is itself driven bya sprocket-wheelD Fig.7,-

5o 'uponia shaft D in convenient reach of a seat E cnpied by the driver.

upon the shafts, and

The latter isdriv'en from the main drive-wheel through a gear B fixed to the drive-wheel, a pinion B shaft B gear B ,-and pinion B iupo'n; the shaft D. The pinion B isat will thrown out of engagement with its shaft by means of a spring-clutch E, operated by a lever B withusually oc- Secured to the front ends of the members Aflrespectively, are upwardly and rearwardly inclined members supported by the members A, rising from the frame-A. These members carry suitable. bearings, respectively, for the upper ends of the shafts D D, and they consist of two plates or. boards, between which endless sprocket-chains F wheels FF F;

In raising the frame'the shaft is forced -the margins of the 4 the stalks rearward At their lower frontthe arms of another same vertical plane ready described,

' sprocket-wheels One of the vertical shafts frontend to swing stalks. If both the bolts away from the stalkway F F, whose rear ends arerun upon sprocketof the chains foll w, substantially, the marginal lines of the convergent for some front ends of the boards and then parallel to the upper'rear ends. The chains are provided with arms F F, which project beyond boards and serve to carry so placed that the inner folds .79 boards, those lines being distance. from=the lower ends the boa'rds are providedwithmetal tips F hinged to swing upward but not downward and adapted to run along the surface of the ground and'slide beneath fallenstalks.

The rear sprockevwheels Fdrive thechains and are driven by means of a shaft F gears F FE'shaft li fi 'and gear E flengaging a gear F 5 upon the upper end of one'of the shafts D D". The lower portions ered by the knives are at once engaged by chains G G, arranged in a horizontal plane, with their inner folds substantially in the sponding members of the inclined chains aland. driven, respectively, by

a short-distance'above the cutting devices". As the severed ends of the stalks pass rearward from the'knives they slide up along an inclined'plate H to the top of the front member of the frame A -andthen along a slightlyinclined binding-platform H, hinged'at its walls slotted toallow with low vertical side similar pair of sprocket- G2 (l. upon the shafts D '95- vertically and provided of the stalks sevand below the corre-..

the chain arms to project into the-space between them. The guiding sprocket-wheels'of these chains are supported from thisplatform vand the rear ones G in their own planes,

G are made adjustable position of the chains may be regulated. Such adjustment is illustrated in Fig. .18, where each sprocket is shown as mounted on an arm or plate Gflhaving a central slot G through which passes a pivotal bolt securing the arm to the bottom plate ofthe way or hingedplatform. The end of the arm opposite the" sprocket-wheel has a transverse curved slot G hrough which passes a bolt G". This bolt I extends through the G substantially at right angles with the general direction of the front to rearway for the be loosened, the sprocket-wheels may be the central bolts to vary the tension of the chains.

. .Upon the ri ht-side of the binder-platform and near its rear end is a knotter and ejector shaft 1', J a needle-shaft M M,

platform in a slotso that the tension 'and x2e pushed toward or or may swing upon' andflupon the left are a packer-shaft anda compressor.

shaft L1 The packer-shaft is square, and upon it slides, without rotat on distinct fromthat;

of the shaft, asprocket-wheel J ,-which is supported upon" the shaft by an arm J from the swinging platform and which drives, by well- -known gearing and other devic es ,.all the shafts ceases devices without novelty. In machines of this class, however, it is very desirable to be able 7 to bind at difierent heights, since corn varies in height between very wide limits, and it is also desirable pecia'lly where, as in certain soils, there is an extraordinary length offstalk, For these the binding, two or more needles with twoor more correreasonsrI provide for automatic or predetermined adjustment of the binding table or platform, while the binding devices remain at .a fixed height, for varyingthe height of and for using. upon the shafts spending knotters, be.

the needle-shaft'and the=knotter-shaft. Each; of these shafts has a lower tubularportion the usual gearing connecting the packer-shaft and, the knotter-sh'aft, is a casting K, supported from-the frame and having vertical tubular arms K, in which lie, respectively,

M I, in which slides without rotation an upper part M I ,,whi'ch rotates in a suitable bearing M 1?, but cannot slide therein. These bearings are supported from the arms K by shafts K, whose threaded upper endswork inlugs upon the bearings. and whose'lower portions rotate without longitudinal motion in projectionsK from-the arms K 7 The two ,s-haftsare forced to rotate simultaneously by 35 i upon the castiugKand. provided means of a crank-operated shaft K'flmounted with gears engaging gears K upon the lower end of the shafts K It is evident that by rotation of the crank-operated shaft theheedle and knottershafts will be lengthened or shortued q y,

knotter or knotters will thus be caused to apply the binding-cordat a greater orless dis- "mg of a rod threaded at its ends andbent to tance from the lower endsof the stalks. j

The rear freeend of the swinging binderplatform is supportedme. stirrup O, consist- U shape and provided with wing-nuts '0 upon its ends. The side members of the stirrup slide freely in lugs 0 upon the arms K of the casting K, and the whole is supported by springs O ,-co iled about the members between the lugs and the. wing-nuts. The platform is thus supported by the elastic-force of the springs and its height thus automatically varies with the weight resting'upon it. Now

since there is always acertain correspondence between the-weight and stalks If, however, in

desiredto bind at a fixedfheighhth'e platheight of the corn the machine automatically binds each bundle at a; height dependent upon the length of the any case it should be form may be fixed at the l desired point by means of set-screws 0 working. in the lugs and engaging the side members of the stirrup. Upon the needle-shaftfat M is placed an ordinary needle, and upon the knottenshaff to apply morethan one band to the shocks of the larger kinds of corn, es-T knives are I sponding'to and at their rear ends loosely Beneath the binding-platform, but above and the 'needle'or needles and a they fail upon dropping shaft R, which has at its to hand or 'foot operychine is guided, is

a crank-actuated screw S,

When the needle and knotter shafts are extended in the manner set forth,.it is desirable that the packer and the compressor and trip shafts should both be also extended. With this object both are made telescopic, as shown at J 3 L and the upper portion of each is engaged by an arm J 4L from a sleeve K work-- ingupon the threaded middle portion of the nearest shaftK 'By this means these shafts also are varied inlength simultaneously with the needle and knotter shafts.

The gearing and other devices protected by thin shields P, correoverlapping the-side walls of near the 5 I the binder-plat form. Analogousshields Pdepend frointhe inclined gathering and-conveying devices di-.'

reotly above, and the intermediate space is s'ufiicientlyprotected 'byvertical walls P slotted in the usual manner for the passage of the needles, packers, &c., and also adj ust ably fixed to their supports, as shown ,at'Pi so that. they may be raisedor lowered bodily whenever the members that work through their slots are raised or'lowered. The

gathering devices, platform-'- walls, shields, and intermediate walls form the walls of apassage-way' extending entirely through the machine from front to rear; but the platform'- walls at their rear ends are curved qfrom the grain side of the machine, and above them are similarly-curved arms Q,

parts below the same. These together guide" thebou'nd shocks or bundles intofsnch posinpon by the ejector devices in the rear tion that when operated of the main frame A. These devices consist of'basket-forming rods R. fixed to a rock end-zacrank 1R connected by a rodflR ated lever B seat. I i

Under varying conditionsrows of corn or a little in front of the drivers the horses should be placed at avaryingdistance from the cutting devices, and hence the rear end of the tongue S, by which this maarranged to be thrown supported" "the rear ends of the gathering devices-and cane are placed at different distances apart, and it therefore becomes very desirable that toward or away from the cutting devices-by and the tonguebrace S is'provided with a brace S transverse to the tongue and having a series of bolt-holes allowing a corresponding lateral points of the gathering devices'to or from the ad in orderthat the whole machine may be rocked upon its supporting axles-to throw the I ground, the rear end-of the tongue is attached to the frame at some distance in the'rear of the front side of the latter, and upon the tongue just above said front side is mounted.

i supporting-wheels,

- a ratchet-lever to the frame,

the frame, means i ily fromfside to side T, which, by means of a link. raises or lowers this side ofthe frame; b at l to permit the lateral adjustment of the ion gue just described the link is not attached directly but to a dovetail bar T which slides.in-. a corresponding way'l upon the. frames'front 'i'nembe I What-I claim is-.

1';- The combination with a corn-harvester frame'mo'unted to rock'nponthe axesjoftwo or moving the tongnebod of the tongue, the'angle made by it with the plane of the frame.-

F2. The combination-witha Suitable frame, I

a of a-hinding' mechanism supported bysaid of a vtongue attached-to p l while so attached, and means for adjnstably" fixing, in all positions.

' 'frame and arranged for. binding standing.

a port the stalks durin'gsuch form to swing therewith.

. h knotter shaft, suitable arms form supported by devices permitting it todescend automatieallyunder 'un usual-weight of stalks, a binding-platform in position. tosupe binding, and plat-.

' form-supporting 'devices'snpportin-gthe platform at heights depending uponvariation' in the 'weightthat may rest upon it;

ind. springs resistance to the 4; In a corn-harvester,the combination with hinged at its front endlto o'fi'said chains and supported'from the plat- 5. The combination withthe binder-frame, knotter, packer and compressorshafts mou nted therein, meansfor actuating. said shaf-ts,

Y ity of needles mounted upon the needle-shaft,-

corresponding knotters mounted upon the.

borne by the packer and compressor shafts, a hinder-plat- .a rigid ly 7 frame detach bly fixed'to the iii-stand bearknife mounted upon the other I tion to overlap and coact withthe first, and

the latter knife afpl'iirah .in presence of two witnesses.

eoacoe stalks, and means for equally and synchronously extending all said shafts; wherebya lurality of bands may be-applied at auto matically-adjusted distances from the butts of the stalks.

5Q In a cor'nharvester, the combination with cnttingdevieeaof chains adyustabie in height arranged to carry the butts of the stalks rearward, a vertically-adjustable platform varranged to support the stalks so carried, and

rot'ecting-walls arranged to rise and fall with saidchains and platform, substantially as set forth.

- j 7. The combination with the frame and the a vertical knife-shafts,

of the inclined gather- 1 fmg members supported from said frame and provided with centralbea'rings for the upper ends of the knife-shafts, the gathering-chains lying within said members, the inclined shafts mounted -upon said-members, and gearing connecting the ends oi the inclinedshafts ends and with the knife-shafts at their lower ends, respectively 8. In acornharve'stenthe combinationwith frame hearing all the guiding and pri driving mechanism, of 'a secondary ingallthe cutting and binding mechanism,

' with thechain-driving shafts at their upper and a dri-ve-chain forming the sole operating connection between the two mechanisms, for the purpose set forth. v f 9."? In a corn-harvester,the combination with So tWo'snitably-mounted parallel knife-shafts,

of the knife fixed to one of said shafts and having the distinct cutting means for adjustably to. the stationary support In testimony whereof I H DAVID F. LEISHIVI ANJ Witnesses;

OLOF WORM, T. DLWEEKS."

edges, .a similar 1 shaft in posi-= M 

